The road to political democracy
Subtitle: from Plato to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
By: Robert Senelle, Emile Clément, Edgard Van de Velde ; foreword by Stephen Breyer ; post-script by Herman Van Rompuy
Contributors: Clément, Emile; Velde, Edgard van de
Publisher: Academic & Scientific Publishers
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Brussels
Language: eng
Number of pages: 1071
ISBN-13: 9789054878629
Subjects: Democracy; Political science
Other titles: From Plato to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union
Description: How did democracy, a regime of a numerically insignificant minority in Antiquity, evolve to a 21st century self-evidence in (and beyond) the Western world? That is what this book is about. 'The Road to Political Democracy' is two books in one. In the first part it drafts the red line of the growth of democracy, through the enhancement of its four main Aristotelian features: the rule by turn, the rule of law, education and the role of the middle class. What lessons can we learn from that maturation today? In its second part it describes and cites the historical milestones in the evolution of the democratic regime. It covers twenty-five centuries of evolution, starting with Plato's and Aristotle's works in Greek Antiquity to today's question as to whether democracy is a universal value. This book will guide readers through all the pioneering stages through which political democracy has passed.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 1015-1026) and index.
Table of contents: title: The red wire : from the narrow path in antiquity to the broad contemporary stream --; title: The workers on and the building block of the road to political democracy.